Videogame Babe of the Day: Bayonetta

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This witchy babe sports the deadliest hairdo in all of gaming.

By Jesse Schedeen

At IGN Stars, our Babe of the Day features don't always need to be limited to real-world babes. The gaming industry has a steady supply of polygonal babes worth spotlighting. With Bayonetta set to hit consoles in a few weeks,we can now add one more babe to the list.

Bayonetta is the star of a new action game of the same name. Given that Devil May Cry creator Hideki Kamiya spearheaded the game, you know to expect plenty of flashy visuals and outlandish action. Bayonetta is a witch who also enjoys firearms. So much so, in fact, that she carries two revolvers and has another gun hidden away in each of her boots.

Bayonetta's real weapon of choice is her hair. Believe it or not, this witch doesn't wear clothes. That skintight bodysuit you see is actually her incredibly long hair wrapped around her body. Bayonetta can use her hair as an offensive weapon in battle, including forming giant fists to crush her enemies.

The more outlandish her attacks, the more hair required, so those who prefer their gaming heroines scantily clad have extra incentive to play with style.

As with many videogame protagonists, Bayonetta's past is murky and mostly a mystery to her. After hibernating for five centuries, Bayonetta has awoken to find herself caught in the middle of a war between two witch factions – the Umbra Witches and the Lumin Sages.

There's no telling which side Bayonetta will take, but between her supernatural hair and her well-placed supply of guns, it looks like she's more than capable of waging a one-woman war.